A journey in the future of water. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Terje Tvedt ; translated by Richard Daly.
• Other Names: Tvedt, Terje; Daly, Richard
• Contents: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; PART 1 -- THE NEW UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WATER; INTRODUCTION TO PART I; 1. TO THE RIVERS OF HEAVEN AND THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD; 2. A PUMP TOUR IN THE NETHERLANDS; 3. THE ICY BARRENS THAT ARE BECOMING THE WORLD'S 'HOT SPOT'; 4. FROM ACQUA VERGINE TO THE CITY THAT REFUSES TO DROWN; 5. THE AZTEC 'LAND ON WATER' AND THE MAYAN HIDDEN WATER WORLD; PART 2 -- THE AGE OF THE WATER LORDS; INTRODUCTION TO PART 2; 6. SOUTH AFRICA'S BRIEF 'WATER WAR'; 7. A WATER FESTIVAL IN SPAIN; 8. TO THE NILE; 9. WHERE THE BLUE NILE AND THE WHITE NILE MEET. 10. DAMS AND BAPTISMS IN ETHIOPIA11. ON THE SCANDINAVIAN RAIN COAST; 12. DETHRONING THE POWER OF THE MONSOON; 13. THE FLOOD PLAIN CAUGHT IN THE GRIP OF WATER; 14. TO THE HIMALAYAS AND THE 'WAR IN HEAVEN'; 15. WHERE THE MOST SACRED RIVER IS TOXIC; 16 THE DARK HORSE ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD; 17. 'COOL' WATER -- PARIS AND LOURDES; PART 3 -- WATER TRANSFORMING THE WORLD; INTRODUCTION TO PART 3; 18. CALIFORNIA DREAMING; 19. A NEW NILE VALLEY IN THE SAHARA; 20. HISTORY'S GREATEST ENGINEERING PROJECT IN CHINA; 21. TURN THOSE SIBERIAN RIVERS AROUND! 22. THE LARGEST OCEAN BENEATH THE EARTH -- SOUTH AMERICA23. THE ISLAND OF THE SAGAS ENTERS THE AGE OF WATER; EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; PICTURE CREDITS; INDEX.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 333.91; Water resources development; Water-supply -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General; Water resources development; Water-supply -- Management; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857723086; 0857723081; 9780857734518; 0857734512
• Related ISBNs: 9781848857452; 9781848857445; 1848857454
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 30, 2013).
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